Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.

LinkSwarm for June 3

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Lawrence Person

A handful of links you may find of interest: CHL carriers get an express lane through Texas State Capitol Security. This is a testament to how effective the CHL program has been. Catholic Bishop killed in Turkey. George Will on … Continue reading →

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Light Blogging

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I have an ongoing, intermittent problem with my home TimeWarner account that’s been eating up much of my time, so my blogging time has been quite curtailed. Hopefully I’ll be able to get back up to speed this week…

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Big Brother Ontario Bans Crystal Head Vodka

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Ontario is banning Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka. Why? Because the bottle is shaped like a skull. Which is precisely the reason I bought Dwight a bottle of it for his birthday. I guess with the Tories in power in … Continue reading →

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Everybody Draw Mohammed Facebook Page is Back Up

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Lawrence Person

According to them, it wasn’t Facebook that took down the page, but one of their members taking the page down after getting their e-mail and Skype accounts hacked.

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A Few More Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Tidbits

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Lawrence Person

IowaHawk has declared that he’s sitting out Everybody Draw Mohammed day. Unlike: “Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, whom I understand is planning an upcoming episode of the popular infidel TV cartoon in which Stewie and Griffin family dog Brian take … Continue reading →

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Facebook Caves

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Sadly, the grand poobahs at Facebook have caved into the Islamic Extremists: the main Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Facebook page has been “disappeared” in the last hour or so; clicking on it just brings you back to your main Facebook … Continue reading →

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Kurt Westergaard Approves of Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Kurt Westergaard, creator of the Mohammed Bomb Turban image and Patient Zero of Islamist Cartoon Rage, says he approves of Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. “The initiative must surely be understood as a manifestation of freedom of expression, where Muhammad and … Continue reading →

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Draw Mohammed Day: Props to Over the Hedge

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Today is Draw Mohammed Day! (If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably figured that out already.) Just in case this is your first visit, you can find my own craptacular contribution here. In addition … Continue reading →

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A Different Islamic Take on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

While looking around for comments on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, I came across this post by one Kamran Haider. It offers quite a different Islamic take on the cartoon controversy than you usually read: Every now and then someone throws … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is Tomorrow, May 20

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Just a reminder that tomorrow, May 20th, is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. Sites participating in the event include: Reason’s Hit and Run Blog The new Everyone Draw Mohammed Blog. Draw Muhammad Day (they’ve finally started putting up content) Dead Citizens … Continue reading →

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